Northumberland's Pine included in top international restaurant list, La Liste

Pine’s team found out last night (20th November) that they had been included in La Liste, the world’s most comprehensive restaurant guide.

The Northumberland restaurant scored 90 out of a possible 100, with other local restaurants front and centre too, with Newcastle’s House of Tides, scoring 87.50 and fellow Northumbrian eatery Hjem scoring 84.50.

With all three restaurants firmly helping to put the region on the map, joining the 75 other UK ranked restaurants, including fellow northern restaurant, L’Enclume, jointly listed at number one in the world, with a score of 99.50, with Simon Rogan the first UK chef to ever achieve that accolade.

La Liste launched eight years ago, in 2015, is designed to be the world’s most comprehensive handpicked guide to restaurants around the world examining 40,000+ restaurants in over 200 countries in minute detail before each year’s list of the world’s top 1000 restaurants is published.

Each year the awards recognise chefs, restaurants, and regions who are making waves in the industry through excellent cooking, innovation, sustainability, authenticity, and more.

Unlike the World’s 50 Best Restaurants or Michelin, La Liste uses an algorithm to determine the rankings of those that feature. The list factors in 200 international dining guides, crowd-sourced sites including TripAdvisor, plus reviews in the world’s press including the likes of Le Monde and the Washington Post, it also takes into account Gault & Millau, OpenTable, Michelin, and many more.

Pine’s chefs Cal Byerley and Ian Waller commented: ’‘2023 has been absolutely mega for the whole team! To be recognised in La Liste is amazing, especially with the rating we received. It’s all a bit overwhelming to be honest.

“Restaurants are only as good as the whole team, and we’ve got an epic set of people working with us and we’re all totally buzzing that our small restaurant in a former cow shed features in such a prestigious list – which is why I guess it’ll take a bit to sink in…’’

By Mark Adair – Correspondent, Bdaily

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